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Number of cattle in Switzerland

Number of cattle in Switzerland was 1,533,483 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.3% from 2023. That is the 95th highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head1,533,483
Change on 2023+0.3%
Rank95th of 190Countries ranked
Series high2,038,0001979
Series low1,513,7012021

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Number of cattle in Switzerland, 1961 to 2024

1.4M1.6M1.8M2M2.2M19611971198119912001201120241961: 1,760,800 head1962: 1,781,500 head1963: 1,716,000 head1964: 1,698,000 head1965: 1,773,000 head1966: 1,796,400 head1967: 1,835,300 head1968: 1,854,990 head1969: 1,869,300 head1970: 1,907,400 head1971: 1,822,700 head1972: 1,840,600 head1973: 1,910,827 head1974: 1,972,500 head1975: 1,964,800 head1976: 2,004,700 head1977: 2,004,800 head1978: 2,023,679 head1979: 2,038,000 head1980: 2,030,600 head1981: 1,954,300 head1982: 1,944,500 head1983: 1,932,897 head1984: 1,943,000 head1985: 1,926,200 head1986: 1,902,000 head1987: 1,857,600 head1988: 1,836,973 head1989: 1,850,300 head1990: 1,855,200 head1991: 1,828,900 head1992: 1,782,600 head1993: 1,745,087 head1994: 1,755,400 head1995: 1,748,274 head1996: 1,747,071 head1997: 1,672,900 head1998: 1,640,871 head1999: 1,608,735 head2000: 1,588,005 head2001: 1,611,351 head2002: 1,593,697 head2003: 1,570,178 head2004: 1,544,547 head2005: 1,554,696 head2006: 1,566,900 head2007: 1,571,764 head2008: 1,604,287 head2009: 1,597,484 head2010: 1,591,233 head2011: 1,577,407 head2012: 1,564,631 head2013: 1,557,474 head2014: 1,562,801 head2015: 1,554,319 head2016: 1,555,396 head2017: 1,544,612 head2018: 1,543,345 head2019: 1,524,820 head2020: 1,515,123 head2021: 1,513,701 head2022: 1,525,270 head2023: 1,528,595 head2024: 1,533,483 head1.4M1.6M1.8M2M2.2M19611983200520241961: 1,760,800 head1962: 1,781,500 head1963: 1,716,000 head1964: 1,698,000 head1965: 1,773,000 head1966: 1,796,400 head1967: 1,835,300 head1968: 1,854,990 head1969: 1,869,300 head1970: 1,907,400 head1971: 1,822,700 head1972: 1,840,600 head1973: 1,910,827 head1974: 1,972,500 head1975: 1,964,800 head1976: 2,004,700 head1977: 2,004,800 head1978: 2,023,679 head1979: 2,038,000 head1980: 2,030,600 head1981: 1,954,300 head1982: 1,944,500 head1983: 1,932,897 head1984: 1,943,000 head1985: 1,926,200 head1986: 1,902,000 head1987: 1,857,600 head1988: 1,836,973 head1989: 1,850,300 head1990: 1,855,200 head1991: 1,828,900 head1992: 1,782,600 head1993: 1,745,087 head1994: 1,755,400 head1995: 1,748,274 head1996: 1,747,071 head1997: 1,672,900 head1998: 1,640,871 head1999: 1,608,735 head2000: 1,588,005 head2001: 1,611,351 head2002: 1,593,697 head2003: 1,570,178 head2004: 1,544,547 head2005: 1,554,696 head2006: 1,566,900 head2007: 1,571,764 head2008: 1,604,287 head2009: 1,597,484 head2010: 1,591,233 head2011: 1,577,407 head2012: 1,564,631 head2013: 1,557,474 head2014: 1,562,801 head2015: 1,554,319 head2016: 1,555,396 head2017: 1,544,612 head2018: 1,543,345 head2019: 1,524,820 head2020: 1,515,123 head2021: 1,513,701 head2022: 1,525,270 head2023: 1,528,595 head2024: 1,533,483 head
head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodhead
20241,533,483
20231,528,595
20221,525,270
20211,513,701
20201,515,123
20191,524,820
20181,543,345
20171,544,612
20161,555,396
20151,554,319
20141,562,801
20131,557,474
20121,564,631
20111,577,407
20101,591,233
20091,597,484
20081,604,287
20071,571,764
20061,566,900
20051,554,696
20041,544,547
20031,570,178
20021,593,697
20011,611,351
20001,588,005
19991,608,735
19981,640,871
19971,672,900
19961,747,071
19951,748,274
19941,755,400
19931,745,087
19921,782,600
19911,828,900
19901,855,200
19891,850,300
19881,836,973
19871,857,600
19861,902,000
19851,926,200
19841,943,000
19831,932,897
19821,944,500
19811,954,300
19802,030,600
19792,038,000
19782,023,679
19772,004,800
19762,004,700
19751,964,800
19741,972,500
19731,910,827
19721,840,600
19711,822,700
19701,907,400
19691,869,300
19681,854,990
19671,835,300
19661,796,400
19651,773,000
19641,698,000
19631,716,000
19621,781,500
19611,760,800

Switzerland compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 119,098 headAfghanistan: 5,555,383 headAntigua and Barbuda: 4,500 headAlbania: 272,035 headArmenia: 491,594 headAngola: 5,200,294 headArgentina: 52,783,892 headAustria: 1,820,030 headAustralia: 30,372,537 headAzerbaijan: 2,329,506 headBosnia and Herzegovina: 383,331 headBangladesh: 25,013,000 headBelgium: 2,153,430 headBurkina Faso: 10,280,515 headBulgaria: 558,770 headBurundi: 1,228,356 headBenin: 2,762,716 headBrunei: 286 headBolivia: 11,245,622 headBrazil: 238,180,757 headBahamas: 743 headBhutan: 257,103 headBotswana: 918,057 headBelarus: 4,097,900 headBelize: 99,019 headCanada: 10,985,000 headDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 2,032,019 headCentral African Republic: 4,864,952 headRepublic of the Congo: 335,224 headSwitzerland: 1,533,483 headCôte d’Ivoire: 1,896,358 headChile: 2,962,490 headCameroon: 5,941,769 headChina: 70,325,500 headColombia: 30,344,182 headCosta Rica: 1,576,149 headCuba: 3,250,000 headCape Verde: 29,779 headCyprus: 82,680 headCzechia: 1,397,410 headGermany: 10,461,290 headDjibouti: 317,893 headDenmark: 1,413,860 headDominican Republic: 3,030,340 headAlgeria: 1,782,454 headEcuador: 3,436,276 headEstonia: 232,390 headEgypt: 2,625,729 headEritrea: 2,156,877 headSpain: 6,173,960 headEthiopia: 71,916,930 headFinland: 764,030 headFiji: 80,720 headFaroe Islands: 1,816 headFrance: 16,478,260 headGabon: 39,678 headUnited Kingdom: 9,411,871 headGeorgia: 837,700 headGhana: 2,362,472 headGambia: 309,195 headGuinea: 9,319,774 headEquatorial Guinea: 5,520 headGreece: 595,200 headGuatemala: 4,343,871 headGuinea-Bissau: 742,836 headGuyana: 98,851 headHong Kong: 1,570 headHonduras: 2,900,458 headCroatia: 422,000 headHaiti: 1,524,965 headHungary: 869,900 headIndonesia: 18,065,156 headIreland: 6,308,300 headIsrael: 477,958 headIndia: 194,753,479 headIraq: 2,104,351 headIran: 5,600,812 headIceland: 76,902 headItaly: 5,765,000 headJamaica: 153,169 headJordan: 88,819 headJapan: 3,985,000 headKenya: 22,435,638 headKyrgyzstan: 1,828,768 headCambodia: 2,821,807 headNorth Korea: 570,727 headSouth Korea: 3,889,278 headKuwait: 32,136 headKazakhstan: 7,976,665 headLaos: 2,691,000 headLebanon: 75,538 headSri Lanka: 1,125,450 headLiberia: 43,270 headLesotho: 517,450 headLithuania: 599,770 headLuxembourg: 180,530 headLatvia: 352,090 headLibya: 208,931 headMorocco: 2,365,210 headMoldova: 98,817 headMontenegro: 67,496 headMadagascar: 6,957,211 headNorth Macedonia: 143,953 headMali: 14,040,120 headMyanmar: 10,800,000 headMongolia: 5,074,552 headMauritania: 1,992,320 headMauritius: 3,500 headMalawi: 2,307,952 headMexico: 36,933,201 headMalaysia: 730,318 headMozambique: 2,467,082 headNamibia: 2,907,986 headNew Caledonia: 77,281 headNiger: 20,375,030 headNigeria: 20,943,448 headNetherlands: 3,562,000 headNorway: 852,800 headNepal: 5,198,388 headNew Zealand: 9,516,288 headOman: 446,988 headPanama: 1,401,169 headPeru: 5,842,166 headFrench Polynesia: 8,097 headPapua New Guinea: 90,889 headPhilippines: 2,605,517 headPakistan: 57,541,000 headPoland: 6,190,930 headPuerto Rico: 218,598 headPortugal: 1,486,910 headParaguay: 13,630,216 headQatar: 45,424 headRomania: 1,809,400 headSerbia: 698,605 headRussia: 17,373,368 headRwanda: 1,545,688 headSaudi Arabia: 534,181 headSolomon Islands: 15,381 headSudan: 31,256,148 headSweden: 1,333,820 headSingapore: 177 headSlovenia: 453,890 headSlovakia: 416,680 headSierra Leone: 682,125 headSenegal: 3,714,834 headSomalia: 4,788,212 headSuriname: 28,821 headSouth Sudan: 14,282,839 headEl Salvador: 772,208 headSyria: 826,396 headEswatini: 652,513 headChad: 39,625,902 headTogo: 477,388 headThailand: 4,293,189 headTajikistan: 2,789,212 headTimor-Leste: 238,902 headTurkmenistan: 2,545,439 headTunisia: 495,935 headTürkiye: 16,824,208 headTrinidad and Tobago: 35,419 headTaiwan: 155,741 headTanzania: 39,053,013 headUkraine: 2,156,200 headUganda: 14,723,179 headUnited States: 87,157,400 headUruguay: 11,960,556 headUzbekistan: 14,394,476 headVenezuela: 15,749,209 headVietnam: 6,212,203 headVanuatu: 89,000 headSamoa: 38,349 headYemen: 1,971,664 headSouth Africa: 12,122,027 headZambia: 4,887,687 headZimbabwe: 5,741,397 head
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Number of cattle, 2024, head. Switzerland is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Number of cattle (domestic cattle, not buffaloes) present in the country, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. FAO asks for the count on one day of the year, usually the census or survey date, so the reference day differs between countries.

FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111) (Number of cattle, Switzerland, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111), Number of cattle, Switzerland, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/cattle-population/switzerland. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111). Number of cattle, Switzerland, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/cattle-population/switzerland.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111), Number of cattle, Switzerland, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/cattle-population/switzerland (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111): Number of cattle, Switzerland, 1961 to 2024}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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}
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What is the number of cattle in Switzerland?

Number of cattle in Switzerland was 1,533,483 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.3% from 2023. That is the 95th highest of 190 countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest number of cattle in Switzerland?

2,038,000 head in 1979, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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